^ Huh. That suggests that she knows she would once again be coming off our bench again as a senior. That can be taken as a positive for us, as it suggests that someone is arriving to take Hailey's spot.

"Jack didn’t have any envy in him," Calipari said. "He was the greatest coach to ever coach here."

I said I’m surprised she is leaving...she played a bigger role this past season than 2 years ago...I’m always surprised when a player leaves and sits out a year to play one year. Maybe she’s a grad transfer and won’t have to sit out, but I’ve seen no details. I’m assuming freshman Makennah White and transfer Maddie Sims will take the minutes. My comment related to the 20-21 season in a comment on COVID-19 and how that might impact next year’s athletic seasons.

Honestly, I thought one or both of these could happen. I do think they helped bring the program to its current trajectory and have helped UMass make tremendous strides. With the talent currently on the court (Breen, Philoxy, Donnelly) and incoming (heard Desiree Oliver is a scoring threat every trip down the court), Hampton-Bey will be relegated deeper down the bench. Tory seems to like a 6-7 person rotation. I thought she was one of the best players to come off the bench in the A-10 but I wouldn't be surprised if she wanted to transfer to a place where she can regularly start. Seemed like Destiney was the preferred option to start and Bre only started when Des sprained her ankle.

Paige seemed to regularly be on the hot seat. Two years ago, she played like 1-2 minutes per game in the A10. When Breen became eligible, she went from starting to maybe 5-10 minutes per game.

This is very common move for the men and now the women are using it for the reasons (mainly more playing time) as kiko has stated. I watched a LOT of the women's team this year and these two moves are NO Brainers . . . neither of these kids were going to play more and most likely a lot less what with is coming in next year and Verdi is slowly but surely making this team better and better . . . relax 78!